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Nice work, but from an engineering look it seems the top arm is underbuilt on the ball joint end, the lower are looks pretty bulletproof though. If the shock/coil combo is going to attach to the lower, maybe the upper is okay.

what kind of welder/rod setup is that? ive never seen one that small. will it do body sheetmetal? 1/4 inch plate?

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That would be call the process of TIG welding lets just say a qualified welder can weld two coke cans together and never blow through generally used on alum and a lot of mild steel these days even Stainless took me only 7 years to learn to become good

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Nice work, but from an engineering look it seems the top arm is underbuilt on the ball joint end, the lower are looks pretty bulletproof though. If the shock/coil combo is going to attach to the lower, maybe the upper is okay.

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Yes, the coil over shock will be attached at the lower arm. The upper at this point is only tack welded, but the basic design is there. The only job the upper arm has now is to connect the top of the spindle to the body of the car.

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those arms look plenty strong, one suggestion though since you are using rodends, consider making a strut rod eliminator design. something like is being done on the mustang ll suspension. it will take some more work but i think it would be worth while in the end.

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It is going to come down to time + materials. The rod ends are expensive, as are the shocks. Honestly, we need to get this first set up done, do some testing, and make sure everything is cool.

I am not going to throw a figure out there right now, because I don't want to say X amount, and then find out it's going to be more later.

Here is where we are at, and bear in mind that it's NOT completed, and there is still fabrication to be done, but you can get a general idea of how it will work on the car. Yes those are TCP's strut rods, and we will be developing our own for the kit.